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2 years ago
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
First weigh-in
We did good! I lost 7 lbs in the first week and Brent lost 17.
We're getting really bored, really fast though. It's one of those things that I know I feel better than I have in a long time. However, it's tough eating the same things over and over and over again. We don't like that many veggies and so it's tough to make them fresh and new. The Walden Farms brand of sauces helps a little. In fact, we're going to order the alfredo sauce soon. Part of it is that we are used diets where you can go out and it's not the end of the world. They make it sound like it is on this plan. We had decided we were going to cheat on weigh-in nights and at least have a burger or something small. We changed our minds though. I think if it was just their bars and drinks for breakfast, lunch, and snack, we'd have no problem. But adding veggies for lunch is pretty awful for us. We're just not big veggie eaters at all! I love the night time meals. I could eat steak (or chicken or pork or shrimp) and two cups of veggies for a meal every night and be perfectly happy. For me, I miss cheese, chocolate, and wine the most. Wine and chocolate was our date night, stress relief, and celebration thing.
Ok, I'm complaining a lot. Obviously this is good. Part of the problem is that corn and potatoes are NOT allowed and green beans are allowed twice a week. For us, these three were staples. So we're having to learn to eat new stuff or stuff that we did like in a different way. The other funny thing though, is I get most cranky at lunch. By the time dinner rolls around, as long as I had my snack, I'm usually ok and ready to finish out the day.
I'm making this sound like it's the worst diet ever. I like it. It makes sense. But it's a big change from the norm and so it's tough. I'm glad to be doing this now when the kids are young. And I'm glad we're feeling better because of it.
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Ever since Yoav did South Beach five years ago (and lost all that weight, for which I've ALMOST forgiven him) he almost never eats white potatoes (I make them about twice a month, tops - mostly because Sroch likes them and she doesn't eat enough anything). Corn is rare too. Raw, he eats lots of cucumbers and carrots and bell peppers especially dipped in chumus. Cooked, though, we could both eat any roasted vegetable all day long. Green or orange squashes, onions, peppers, eggplant... any of that, roasted, we could eat our weight in it. I only do it like once or twice a week though - I should do it daily! Otherwise, do you have a crockpot? All kinds of easy vegetable things to do there, like squash soups and ratatouille and so on.
ReplyDeleteHope that was helpful!
Really, I just wish *I* had lost 7 pounds this week! :) Go you!!
Ever since Yoav did South Beach five years ago (and lost all that weight, for which I've ALMOST forgiven him) he almost never eats white potatoes (I make them about twice a month, tops - mostly because Sroch likes them and she doesn't eat enough anything). Corn is rare too. Raw, he eats lots of cucumbers and carrots and bell peppers especially dipped in chumus. Cooked, though, we could both eat any roasted vegetable all day long. Green or orange squashes, onions, peppers, eggplant... any of that, roasted, we could eat our weight in it. I only do it like once or twice a week though - I should do it daily! Otherwise, do you have a crockpot? All kinds of easy vegetable things to do there, like squash soups and ratatouille and so on.
ReplyDeleteHope that was helpful!
Really, I just wish *I* had lost 7 pounds this week! :) Go you!!